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Embedded webviews are the stupidest thing ever. Yesterday I got halfway through a checkout process, had to go back to another app to check something, and then t
by weird-eye-issue 8mo ago
Embedded webviews are the stupidest thing ever. Yesterday I got halfway through a checkout process, had to go back to another app to check something, and then the webview simply disappeared so I didn't bother finishing the checkout. This was on Android
Usually I open it in Chrome but for some reason I didn't realize it was a webview this time
- OptionOfT 8mo agoEmbedded WebViews are a way to track you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32514793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32514793
- mgrandl 8mo agoI disable them on every app that lets me. It is in every way worse UX than simply opening the browser.
- dgxyz 8mo agoGod yes that. Our VPN client fell over the other day because the auth popup opens an embedded web browser which throws a javascript error as it's bouncing through our ID provider pages. How the fuck we got there I don't know. Everything is a gigantic Heath Robinson contraption.